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. >>> we'll check in with tucker now. and the good news for bill is he's anti-social. >> he doesn't like land. he's become powerful overnight. maximum winds of 130 miles per hour and gusts to 150 miles per hour. category four at 60 miles per hour. and this storm likely to remain very intense over the next couple of days ave llrei informion on lbi coming up in a few minutes. s letcst' oh wieaurto. th w wed ans have some ormsofst o own move through ovd thundersto generally the ffeoac. stth there is still a few lingering showers toward ocean city, and toward the beaches. wake up morning will sunny here but the clouds quickly move in and we have showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast this afternoon. temperatures, you're not going to believe this, it's still in the upper s. 77 degrees at reagan national. humidity is way up there, 82%. it is going to be very tropical around here today and very humid throughout the day and i suggest you bring along an umbrella as we have showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. he
. >>> we'll check in with tucker now. and the good news for bill is he's anti-social. >> he doesn't like land. he's become powerful overnight. maximum winds of 130 miles per hour and gusts to 150 miles per hour. category four at 60 miles per hour. and this storm likely to remain very intense over the next couple of days ave llrei informion on lbi coming up in a few minutes. s letcst' oh wieaurto. th w wed ans have some ormsofst o own move through ovd thundersto generally the...
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tucker is here to talk about that and. >> danny will pass closer to the coastline it looks like. it may not be as intense as bill, but any time they get close to the delmarva peninsula, we have to take precaution with it. so we'll watch this path carefully over the next couple daves. let's rright to the satellite radar and i'll show eve iomementioned ntit, 's starting to show signs of slowly iensiing. maximum winds now are enabout 6 miles per hour. you can see it's not a typical picturesque hurrine. it's lacking -- what is happening is some of the colder clouds, the more intense rain bands are being pushed off to the north and wiest as there is still wind sheer. that will let up and the storm will likely intensify into a account gory one hurricane. track will pull it off to the north and west. it is moving north and west at 10 miles per hour, currently centered about 525 miles to the east southeast of cape hatteras. it will eventually pull north and then northeast. when that occurs will be critical in where it moves but it will kind of parallel the eastern seaboard on saturday an
tucker is here to talk about that and. >> danny will pass closer to the coastline it looks like. it may not be as intense as bill, but any time they get close to the delmarva peninsula, we have to take precaution with it. so we'll watch this path carefully over the next couple daves. let's rright to the satellite radar and i'll show eve iomementioned ntit, 's starting to show signs of slowly iensiing. maximum winds now are enabout 6 miles per hour. you can see it's not a typical...
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and we turn our attention to tucker barnes and what is going on with danny. > we've had a lot going on. h adwe unththrstorms overnight and wor flooding overnight in baltimore. and we're starting with clouds d humidity and the hpotential of more halfy rain here in washington. not danny related buyou can see the cloud cover across the washington area. s st ff to the south an wntords wathe carolinas, the rain showers. all of that energy is pushing in our direction as an upper a. el lopu shw eso inurr w and because of that, the potential of showers and heavy thunderstorms this afternoon, the national weather service about an hour ago issued a flash flood watch. this goes into affect at 2:00 this noon for the counties in green. and that would include downtown washington and baltimore. so be ready here. the potential is to e 2 1-1- inches of rain in a single thunderstorm over the course of 15 minutes to half an hour if the storms get going later. 74 degrees. humidity at 85%. it feels tropical and feels like rain. and nature will deliver later this afternoon. so be ready. showers and thunders
and we turn our attention to tucker barnes and what is going on with danny. > we've had a lot going on. h adwe unththrstorms overnight and wor flooding overnight in baltimore. and we're starting with clouds d humidity and the hpotential of more halfy rain here in washington. not danny related buyou can see the cloud cover across the washington area. s st ff to the south an wntords wathe carolinas, the rain showers. all of that energy is pushing in our direction as an upper a. el lopu shw eso...
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it's not that hot yet, tucker. >> reporter: it's more humid than hot. temperatures are about 80 or so. and hang in there for a couple of hours. as we get into the afternoon hour it's will start to heat up. we have cloud cover at this moment and that's helping to hold temperatures down right at this moment. but trust me, it will get hot. we have a heat advisory. because of in a in the city we've -- because of that, we have opened up a cooling center here in the city. go to myfoxdc.com for more information on that. in the next hour if youneed to be outdoors, that is fine. but later into the afternoon the heat is dangerous as we're expecting heat index levels ove 100. maybe to 105 later this afternoon. so our hottest day of the summer. right now not bad. breezy with winds out of the west udo d ancludococover holdi the sun ckb a , tonyayou have tothe weather. >> yes. a heat advisory in affect rom noon until 8:00 p.m. oday. these are the counties covered by the heat advisory and it doesn't include everyone. not out to the west. bu cmanyounties into d.c. and
it's not that hot yet, tucker. >> reporter: it's more humid than hot. temperatures are about 80 or so. and hang in there for a couple of hours. as we get into the afternoon hour it's will start to heat up. we have cloud cover at this moment and that's helping to hold temperatures down right at this moment. but trust me, it will get hot. we have a heat advisory. because of in a in the city we've -- because of that, we have opened up a cooling center here in the city. go to myfoxdc.com for...
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tuckers not going to answer the question. we have someone here who will though. stay with us for that. >> okay. steve and i are looking at each other. i hope it's in the me. >> maybe it will be julie wright. >> could be. >> let's check in with her right now. >> if it is me, it has to be about tanning or food. that is the only thing i know about. >> and traffic. >> oh, yeah, the traffic thing. i don't know nothing about money. i don't know nothing about babies. top side of the beltway, the outer loop slowing as you make your way headed into silver spring. better news about observation drive. it had been shut down because of wires across the highway. that portion of the highway has been reopened once again. so observation drive reopened between 270 and 355. 395 working yo way northbound north of duke street heavy and steady as you continue north of landmark headed up towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> it is a dangerous and potentially deadly chemical agent used back in world war i, certainly not omnghiet s you wou
tuckers not going to answer the question. we have someone here who will though. stay with us for that. >> okay. steve and i are looking at each other. i hope it's in the me. >> maybe it will be julie wright. >> could be. >> let's check in with her right now. >> if it is me, it has to be about tanning or food. that is the only thing i know about. >> and traffic. >> oh, yeah, the traffic thing. i don't know nothing about money. i don't know nothing about...
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julie, tucker barnes has not had a chance to talk to you. he asked me to impart to you that he loves what you are wearing. >> well i don't think they have it in his side because it's for petite. he puts on something like this and it will have to be a two- top. >> tucker has a questioning look on his face. >> honey, we always ask about the questioning look on his face. that's really what he looks like? love you, tucker. here we go. out on the roads right now. we have lanes open. no accidents to report as you continue to work your way along 95 and 395. what you will find is slow traffic out of woodbridge and across the occuquan and leaving the franconia springfield parkway and across the 14th street bridge. heavy and steady as you work into southeast washington. budge sound baltimore washington parkway slowing south of the beltway. a stalled car on east capital street to blame for that delay. southbound 29 on the breaks from tech road toward university boulevard. no dents, just volume delays. outer loop remains slow. 95 around to georgia avenu
julie, tucker barnes has not had a chance to talk to you. he asked me to impart to you that he loves what you are wearing. >> well i don't think they have it in his side because it's for petite. he puts on something like this and it will have to be a two- top. >> tucker has a questioning look on his face. >> honey, we always ask about the questioning look on his face. that's really what he looks like? love you, tucker. here we go. out on the roads right now. we have lanes...
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will at the eastern market from 10:00 until 1:00 so come on down and say hello. >> tucker, holly and i do some shopping together on the weekends and the station decided to turn that into a little event. >> is it a right? >> so we'll be shopping. if you say hi, be quick about it, because we have things to do. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm just joking. we'll be there and will be happy to hey hello. >> hopefully the weather will be nice. > tomorrow will be warmer an . thlly tobe wi let's look at hd byseraouecowau shyou because memow nts ago, we were showing you a different radar e.t it wasmoulpd leletoumo r isowasn't as zoomed in and i mistakenly said it the r sshower might t.m ho vet.t. vernon. . rnas you can seeea . r onve no wrn tmtr it was tm akis e. haast to de. ak isbut we do have a little bit o shower activity and perhaps a little storm brewing down we re, so that's what e 'r oking at and we'll keep our eyes on that during the course of the morning. here is a broader look. the tesallite radar foh tre teastern united states, and heag tin clouds, tprimarily to the south and east,
will at the eastern market from 10:00 until 1:00 so come on down and say hello. >> tucker, holly and i do some shopping together on the weekends and the station decided to turn that into a little event. >> is it a right? >> so we'll be shopping. if you say hi, be quick about it, because we have things to do. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm just joking. we'll be there and will be happy to hey hello. >> hopefully the weather will be nice. > tomorrow will be...
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you and tucker. saw a chance -- you have a chance to say hello to tony, tucker and holly this weekend at eastern mark net saturday from 10:00 until 1:00 get out there and say hello and tony will say hello back. >> yes i will. i always do. >> to meet the team, thell be out there chatting it up with everybody. julie are going to be out there to hang out with the gang. >> i'm going to be the first one in line saying tony. >> and tony is like that's a different greeting from what? >> you're right. >> and they do sell food at eastern market so it's a good lunch for you. >> i am leaving right now, i'll see you on saturday. >> julie, you're saying tony never buys you lunch, this is your chance. get in there now. >> you can come on out and i'll buy you lunch. >> you can get out there and say tony, pay up. >> and at 10:00 on saturday morning i'm there. out on the roads, lanes are open on top stretch leaving college park toward 270. the busy ride is on the west side from the springfield interchange. this traff
you and tucker. saw a chance -- you have a chance to say hello to tony, tucker and holly this weekend at eastern mark net saturday from 10:00 until 1:00 get out there and say hello and tony will say hello back. >> yes i will. i always do. >> to meet the team, thell be out there chatting it up with everybody. julie are going to be out there to hang out with the gang. >> i'm going to be the first one in line saying tony. >> and tony is like that's a different greeting from...
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tucker, can you sing. ava marie is her name. to send us your child's c t, tud click on mornings. >>> let's start ith radar. and we'll show you hurricane bill. still a powerful storm, and still a major hurricane, but category 3 hurricane. there is some sheering going on on the west side of the storm. it's broken up, but we still see an eye there. at last report, maximum sustained winds were 125 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 18 miles per hour. it could regain some intensity,i but it isen t ouinntcg erwi sheer at this urho. closer to home, current temperatures, we hoe'vgone up again, 76 degrees here in washington. we remain at 77, or orthey rema at 77 in new york city. roanoke, 73. x, inongtkentuckyon72. charlotte, north carolina, 76 at this hour. and we have some clouds in over us. no precipitation, but maybe later on today e'llsee some precip pop up as a cold front begins to makes it way in here. your five-day forecast looks like this: 90 for your high downtown today, some of will you top out in the upper 80s. look f
tucker, can you sing. ava marie is her name. to send us your child's c t, tud click on mornings. >>> let's start ith radar. and we'll show you hurricane bill. still a powerful storm, and still a major hurricane, but category 3 hurricane. there is some sheering going on on the west side of the storm. it's broken up, but we still see an eye there. at last report, maximum sustained winds were 125 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 18 miles per hour. it could regain some...
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is thati't m hawi'm tarting sit tucker? i'm sorry. i took a guess. ryour temperatures. 72g. youremperatures. 72 degrees. 70 in baltimore. 72 at dulles airport. 77 in ocean city. and in winchester, it s 65 degrees at this hour. now we'll look at the radar and show you the precipitation coming through the region. there you go. we saw some heavy rain earlier this morning, not so much this morning. a couple of spots showing up on this particular radar, off to the north and east. we'll continue to deal with this during the morning hours as this continues to push out of here. here is a look at the jet stream and we'll show what you is happening over the course of the weekend. we've been watching the heat that we've been talking about down to the south, this will help push the jet stream to the north and this area of warm air will makes it way inward into the southeastern united states and the mid-atlantic region as well. it will give us hot and humid conditions. that begins building in on saturday and then we feel it on sunday and monday. >>> tuesday of monday and through tuesday
is thati't m hawi'm tarting sit tucker? i'm sorry. i took a guess. ryour temperatures. 72g. youremperatures. 72 degrees. 70 in baltimore. 72 at dulles airport. 77 in ocean city. and in winchester, it s 65 degrees at this hour. now we'll look at the radar and show you the precipitation coming through the region. there you go. we saw some heavy rain earlier this morning, not so much this morning. a couple of spots showing up on this particular radar, off to the north and east. we'll continue to...
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and tucker barnes pointed out there was another year where it was really late before anything happened iat'92 and the first edorm was hurricane andrew. and i'm not saying that will happen this year. so take a look at the eastern satellite radar. vedslit oa some clouds over us. no precipitation this morning y dacoe sewd ule r we could see s cold front in a out to the west that s tracks it's way in. seu ate can the front where the showers are aligned and now we'll go to the surface map and you'll see the front matching. it's a cold front with very warm air here. moist, humid air. cold front moves in. allison, you know what happens when that happens. >> yep. you tell us. >> stormy conditions. thank you for thletting me do i stormy conditions. here is your five-day forecast. high today of about 90 degrees. showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. tomorrow, lingering showers are possible. but a more comfortable day, 83. friday will be nice and the weekend will be hot. there's a look at the weather. thanks, tony. >>> it is now 7:49, coming up, in spired by his own mom, he is now
and tucker barnes pointed out there was another year where it was really late before anything happened iat'92 and the first edorm was hurricane andrew. and i'm not saying that will happen this year. so take a look at the eastern satellite radar. vedslit oa some clouds over us. no precipitation this morning y dacoe sewd ule r we could see s cold front in a out to the west that s tracks it's way in. seu ate can the front where the showers are aligned and now we'll go to the surface map and you'll...
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must write response on teleprompter for tucker. here we go. beltway at route one college park p lanes are open. we mentioned earlier there was a fender bender over near 50, the john hanson highway. activity is off the road to the shoulder owe the lanes are open. no accidents to report northbound on i-95. little bit of that fog still hanging around in the area that tony and tucker have both been talking about. but no incidents to report right new on 95. the lanes are open out of fredericksburg up to the capital beltway. suzanne nikolaus is still flowing between 66 and 123 and brief will you at nutley street. >>> let's take a look at what is ahead on fox 5 morning news. >> it sounds like a threat straight out of a sci-fi thriller but kill are asteroi are out there. >>> also at 7:00, a health care debate heating up and we'll an,% here to sort it out for us. >>> and at 8:00, at 20 years old he has made quite a them for himself. galen ken he want ll will be here to talk about his now role in the movie bandslam. stick around. it is all coming up. >>
must write response on teleprompter for tucker. here we go. beltway at route one college park p lanes are open. we mentioned earlier there was a fender bender over near 50, the john hanson highway. activity is off the road to the shoulder owe the lanes are open. no accidents to report northbound on i-95. little bit of that fog still hanging around in the area that tony and tucker have both been talking about. but no incidents to report right new on 95. the lanes are open out of fredericksburg...
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tucker has the latest track erngap after the break. we are now just seconds away from 12 minutes after 6:00. (announcer) get ft our best back to school prices... ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms arbuy e, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towels are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, night and day doorbusters go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... what i didn't expect... was the fun. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love. >>> welcome back. we are following breaking news this morning out at benning road involving a police shoot yoog this is in the 4th street area and benning road had northeast d.c. word in about 3:00 this morning there was a shooting. a police officer apparently discharge his weapon. we'll let you know as soo
tucker has the latest track erngap after the break. we are now just seconds away from 12 minutes after 6:00. (announcer) get ft our best back to school prices... ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms arbuy e, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towels are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, night and day doorbusters go to jcp.com and see everything on sale. style, quality and price matter. jcpenney...
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tony, tucker and holly will be at eastern market this saturday. they'll be there from 10:00 to 1:00. if you get a chance and you're in the area and want to say hello, do so. >>> holly is not far away and we'll put it in the guinness book of records. >> se's at union station helping blue jeans go green. >> well, this takes a little bit of explanation. it's cool and fun. a world record is broken today in d.c. here in the main hall at union station where we're giving you a preview. you're right, it has to do with kids, national geographic kids magazine. and this is the editor. good morning. >> what a day for you guys. well, it's exciting. and guinness records are -- >> well, this is the fourth attempt and we're really, really excited and we have the page that we run every month in the magazine. the kids love learning about the dogs with ears sticking out and ladies with long pentagonner nail -- fingernails. >> well, if you're going to do something extreme, may as well do it for a good cause. cause. >> we have the record for clothes being recycled. th
tony, tucker and holly will be at eastern market this saturday. they'll be there from 10:00 to 1:00. if you get a chance and you're in the area and want to say hello, do so. >>> holly is not far away and we'll put it in the guinness book of records. >> se's at union station helping blue jeans go green. >> well, this takes a little bit of explanation. it's cool and fun. a world record is broken today in d.c. here in the main hall at union station where we're giving you a...
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it comes -- tucker, do you know? >> no, i don't actually. take a look. the term is an old term that comes from british sailing. and here is what the deal is. we have a picture of a british sailing ship. we have no where had ifthis is the picture it was refurring to. >> that is i nice ship. >> that is a clipper ship. >> the phrase under the weather according to medicinenet.com came from british sailing ships when a sailor became ill, he was con finded below deck out of the weather. eventually, they just took to saying he is under the weather. that is where it came from. >> i thought it had to do with just the ship being under -- >> a barrage of weather. >> no, then you are wrong. >> it's good question. thank you very much for sending that one in. it was a simple one today. if you have a question, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. we do have standing on deck a bunch of relate lay good questions we'll get to. >> i heard a heedian say one time well so and so is out under the weather. why don't they just say julie has pmt today and she will not
it comes -- tucker, do you know? >> no, i don't actually. take a look. the term is an old term that comes from british sailing. and here is what the deal is. we have a picture of a british sailing ship. we have no where had ifthis is the picture it was refurring to. >> that is i nice ship. >> that is a clipper ship. >> the phrase under the weather according to medicinenet.com came from british sailing ships when a sailor became ill, he was con finded below deck out of...
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. >>> tucker is in this week for tony who is taking some time off. >> it is back to school and that means the back to school forecast. we'll a graphic r yodanit will be unreddible. we have severe thunderstorms that have broken veo ohtutig inn the last couple of hrs south of the city. they are still raging down there. we had a seve thunderstorm warninhoth satu ldavh ejust expired. it was set to expire at 6:00 a.m. you can ees the eedark d reand flashing. tnat is lightnin we had reports that wind glets onho ssecrydaevunrethto dersryr derning, looks like that one was just left to h and bethany beto rdschotobd abethany beach there. all of anis is pushing off to the north and east. here in the district, we are t expecting the thunderstorm ac. d stay south and east. if you are wakinut u sp soah a east of city, u clouds and rain, that is the on why. the thunderstorms are ret aa this hour. here in washington, waking up to a relatively calm, quiet morning. 71degrees right now at reagan national. that humidity is a little better. 68% and our winds are oust north and west at 10 miles per hour. the a
. >>> tucker is in this week for tony who is taking some time off. >> it is back to school and that means the back to school forecast. we'll a graphic r yodanit will be unreddible. we have severe thunderstorms that have broken veo ohtutig inn the last couple of hrs south of the city. they are still raging down there. we had a seve thunderstorm warninhoth satu ldavh ejust expired. it was set to expire at 6:00 a.m. you can ees the eedark d reand flashing. tnat is lightnin we had...
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really, tucker and i were talking about this. well, the best chance of rain and thunderstorms is wednesday this week. high 90 and we'll see the temperatures dropping into the 80s. that's the latest on the weather and now, we'll get more from julie. >> i'm heading to chicago, i need a chicago forecast. >> when? >> tomorrow. >> really? >>> well, we'll have to lk. we'll get you chicago forecast. >> is it still windy in the summer. >> yeah, it can be. >> here we go. we're on the roads and it's busy. we've had to deal with accidents near route four and all of which is cleared and southbound, 270, that was trouble with the wreck and we have delays on 118 out of germantown and slower traffic continuing towards the split. this is the inner loop at the beltway, north of 276 at virginia. continuing up 66, it's heavy, slow and steady. eastbound, dulles tollway, it's cleared. >>> congress may be giving up the cash for clunker's program to fill up once again. the house voted on giving 2 more billion dollars after they burnedhrough the 1st bil
really, tucker and i were talking about this. well, the best chance of rain and thunderstorms is wednesday this week. high 90 and we'll see the temperatures dropping into the 80s. that's the latest on the weather and now, we'll get more from julie. >> i'm heading to chicago, i need a chicago forecast. >> when? >> tomorrow. >> really? >>> well, we'll have to lk. we'll get you chicago forecast. >> is it still windy in the summer. >> yeah, it can be....
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we have them set on all different kinds of channels and we don't want you to necessarily -- >> plus tucker are's home movies. >> we do watch cartoons. >> to be honest it is a very stressful job. so with we get the chance during the break, we do watch cartoons. my favorite cartoon and of a been influenced by my son, connor, spongebob squarepants. watch them all the time. love that. so during the commercial break, we take the screens down and my monitor is on spongebob. >> i like to go with the cartoons. i usually go with scooby-doo. the windy banter between shaggy and scooby is memorable. i've always had the hots for thelma, got to be honest. >> really? >> she does something for me, that redhead. i am a scooby-doo fan. i know steve and allison didn't get a chance it pick out their cartoons so we did it for them. steve, we know what you watch. >> another class you can. >> thunder cat. >> you know me so well. >> he loves the mix of action and felines. >> and allison, we couldn't forget about you. >> thank you. >> what does allison watch? >> oh, your favorite. the smurfs. >> oh, yeah. >> and a
we have them set on all different kinds of channels and we don't want you to necessarily -- >> plus tucker are's home movies. >> we do watch cartoons. >> to be honest it is a very stressful job. so with we get the chance during the break, we do watch cartoons. my favorite cartoon and of a been influenced by my son, connor, spongebob squarepants. watch them all the time. love that. so during the commercial break, we take the screens down and my monitor is on spongebob. >>...
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. >> tucker, do you remember this? >> absolutely. i was just a littlguy. at first, all the storm were named after women because traditionally, most meteorologys were probably males an they would name ships after women so they name the storms after women. and in the late 70s, there was the women's movement and they decided maybe they need to name it after men and women because it was sort of looking down. >> equal opportunity. >> i see tony over here biting his tongue. >> because to be honest, there was some sexist thinking. there were some who thought these storms are temperamental like a woman. we have a list of this year's storms. take a look. >> we are new claudette. we are three storms in. >> the next one is danny. the name repeat every six years. >> i was going to ask that. >> yes, they do. however, as i believe you all know this too, if there is a storm that is particularly deadly or costly,that name is retired and a new name is inserted. so we will not have another tropical storm or hurricane andrew, camille or katrina, for example. >> those rtd onl
. >> tucker, do you remember this? >> absolutely. i was just a littlguy. at first, all the storm were named after women because traditionally, most meteorologys were probably males an they would name ships after women so they name the storms after women. and in the late 70s, there was the women's movement and they decided maybe they need to name it after men and women because it was sort of looking down. >> equal opportunity. >> i see tony over here biting his tongue....
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. >>> time for you no ask the weather guy tucker and i put our bug heads together to we are your question. today's question is from mary in arlington. how is it possible that i song or commercial jingle gets stuck in your head and you can't stop singing or humming it. mary says she can't get the bloom grocery store jingle out of her head. >> that is unfortunate. >> that is unfortunate. that is not one that gets stuck with me. we'll spare you from playing it. now, they've actually had studies on this. they call them ear worms now. some of the studies have found that it's way that your brain keeps busy while it is idling. >> interesting. >> isn't that weird in it is more likely you will get a song stuck in your head if you are tired or stressed and it happens to women more often -- >> because wear more tired and stressed. >> and your brains are idling more. that is a joke. >> walked in that one y you left that. >> you left the door wide open. ddie out of the university of cincinnati in 2003 dubbed these songs ear worms and said though the songs that get stuck in our head the most vary from
. >>> time for you no ask the weather guy tucker and i put our bug heads together to we are your question. today's question is from mary in arlington. how is it possible that i song or commercial jingle gets stuck in your head and you can't stop singing or humming it. mary says she can't get the bloom grocery store jingle out of her head. >> that is unfortunate. >> that is unfortunate. that is not one that gets stuck with me. we'll spare you from playing it. now, they've...
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tucker said he saw a meteor coming in this morning but for tonight, for the peak viewing time, we'll have a fair number of clouds. so i think it will depend on where you are this evening. so we'll see. i don't have great hopes about seeing that activity. we'll see. let's take a look at what is happening. we'll go back to yesterday and the temperatures, 97 degrees was the high at reagan national. that was one degree shy of tying the record. we did break a record at dulles international. it got to 97 degrees there. the record was 96. that was set in 2001 so we ve a new record at dulles. bwi marshall nowhere neared record. 75degrees right now here in washington. we dropped off one degree. 71 in baltimore. 75 in fredericksburg. let'slike at the temperatures across the country. we'll see a couple of things. first of all, warm air in the eastern united states. very warm continuing warm conditions down to our south. 82 in dallas. 67 in witch ta. where you find that difference in temperatures, you know from studying your weather you're likely to find some thunderstorm activity and let's get
tucker said he saw a meteor coming in this morning but for tonight, for the peak viewing time, we'll have a fair number of clouds. so i think it will depend on where you are this evening. so we'll see. i don't have great hopes about seeing that activity. we'll see. let's take a look at what is happening. we'll go back to yesterday and the temperatures, 97 degrees was the high at reagan national. that was one degree shy of tying the record. we did break a record at dulles international. it got...
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we'll leave that one to tucker. but all good movies. these are the movies that you hate to see they're not top releases but any saturday or sunday afternoon if you're flippg around, you'll find them. >> we'll be watching them this weekend, you're right. >>> switching gears, we're have two weather men for the price of one. what is happening this weekend? >> because there is a lot happening. we'll start witda in the weetoend as we see changes coming. t rsf fioall, current stepped outside, 65 degrees. egs great outside rig 66 a66esllredut es. leab fo d drees at dulles airport. 62 in abaltimore. so we have cool air in place. and in dfreerick, maryland, it's 59 degrees at this hour. and let's look at the satellite radar. what we're seeing here is there are nothing going on. there are some clouds but no precipitation and nor do we expect to see any precipitation today. w on tnd wrekeee, we do kehave me changes coming for the weekend. and the main change is heat. some real summertime heat will work it's way in here over the course of the weeke
we'll leave that one to tucker. but all good movies. these are the movies that you hate to see they're not top releases but any saturday or sunday afternoon if you're flippg around, you'll find them. >> we'll be watching them this weekend, you're right. >>> switching gears, we're have two weather men for the price of one. what is happening this weekend? >> because there is a lot happening. we'll start witda in the weetoend as we see changes coming. t rsf fioall, current...